In the year 1920 in China, women still bound their breasts and those who wore low-cut clothing revealing even the slightest bit of skin risked being arrested by outraged authorities. But only seven years later, the Chinese government ...
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On the first day of October 1949, 300,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians gathered at Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing and joined the founding ceremony of the New China. Chairman Mao read out the public announcement of the Central ...
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The full decade of the Cultural Revolution movement from 1966 to 1976 saw China's fashion go underground, buried under a sea of grass green army uniforms and Mao suits. But by the end of the year 1976, the winter of fashion discontent was ...
Opening with a record number of exhibitors totalling to 3,751 from 30 countries, the 20th edition of Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics kicked off yesterday and runs till October 23, 2014. Chinese and international suppliers will ...
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The Manufacturing Excellence Taskforce of Australia (META), which helps the Australian manufacturing industry evolve with increasing efficiency and competitiveness on a local and global scale, has launched a new collaborative hub, based ...
Indian ethnic wear brand Biba has launched its e-commerce portal to leverage the fast growing e-commerce market space and do maximum business in the ongoing festival season. The managing director of Biba, Sidhharth Bindra, said the ...
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The SEAMS Fall 2014 Networking Conference which begins October 23, 2014, will focus on how apparel, textile and sewn products manufacturers, brands, retailers and suppliers can take advantage of the tangible opportunities of consumer ...
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Blank Generation, a design, fashion and licensing company based in Los Angeles, California, has selected iSync Solutions’s Sync apparel PLM software. Blank Generation is the first company in US to implement Sync apparel PLM ...
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U.S. consumers who purchase gifts during the 2014 Christmas season anticipate spending an average of $596.53, according to the National Retail Federation's (NRF) annual holiday intentions survey. The anticipated figure represented an ...
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Yarn Expo Autumn 2014, opened today in Shanghai with nearly 150 overseas and domestic yarn suppliers exhibiting at the fair and debut of Knitwear Innovation and Design Society at the fair. This fair, which is being held concurrently with ...
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Yepme.com, one of the leading online fashion brands of India, has signed Bollywood’s superstar Shah Rukh Khan as its brand ambassador. Yepme.com will introduce the actor as its brand ambassador through an extensive television ...
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Soho House Group (SHG) and BMW i today announced a global partnership across all of SHG’s 12 sites in Europe and North America. As Soho House Group’s global automotive partner, BMW i will provide BMW i3 vehicles for driving ...
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Former Zeon and Wesco man, Andrew Smith, joins the team. Underground Toys has welcomed a new European sales director to its team. Andrew Smith (pictured) has over 20 years experience handling licensed toys, novelties and gifts, having ...
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Gucci, an Italian luxury fashion brand, has been voted as the top Italian brand in the annual Interbrand Top 100 Best Global Brands list for the 15th consecutive year. Interbrand, a leading global consultancy firm in creating and ...
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Jabong.com, one of India’s leading online fashion stores, has added UK’s leading fashion retail brand Burton to its portfolio. The CEO and founder of Jabong.com, Arun Chandra Mohan said, “We are delighted to collaborate ...
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